Archive for December, 2006

Be Safe Tonight

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

Hey, it’s okay if you don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve! Lots of people don’t. In fact, I hear it’s pretty common for people to eschew the whole party scene and actually spend time with their families or loved ones. I know, I know, it sounds really lame, and there’s no chance of taking [...]

Pushing Up Daisies

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

Say, you know who hasn’t been in the news at all recently? Saddam Hussein. Whatever happened to that guy? It’s like, he was there in Iraq, the place was running smoothly, things got a little chaotic, and the next thing you know, he’s pretty much non-existent. Second place goes to former president Gerald Ford. I [...]

Top 50 Records Of 2006

Friday, December 29th, 2006

2006 will be remembered for a lot of reasons: births, deaths, and a ton of celebrity upskirts. Also, on a personal level, I got my first pubic hair (yes, only one). As far as the independent music industry was concerned, 2006 can be summed up in one word: disrepair. The crack that has been quietly [...]

Fun With Paintings

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

The early part of this afternoon has been devoted to writing tomorrow’s big year-end list. I think you’ll enjoy it. The free music will hopefully overshadow my whining. I told Ilya I’d start work on a short story today, so I’ll probably do that as soon as I finish this. Speaking of Ilya, the other [...]

Film Review: Descent

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Some upstart blog asked me to help with an awards show they’re trying to put together by voting on a bunch of categories related to the independent music industry. I’m sure nothing will come of it, and my answers were so downright hateful I’d be shocked if anything I wrote actually gets published. Unsolicited e-mails [...]

High Culture In Low Places

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

The first semester of my sophomore year in college was memorable for several reasons. I had just transferred to a new school, and was cast into a rather unique living situation (off campus, with four senior-year girls and an British exchange-student). I was also entrenched in one or two stimulating classes. There was the philosophy [...]

Happy Xmas, Xmas People

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Just because it’s Christmas and you’ve received a new Playstation 6–or, God forbid, a book–doesn’t mean you can’t sit back and enjoy the latest installment of Podcast Jack’s “The Best Podcast You Have”. Last we heard from the merry pranksters, they were…actually, there was a lot of my bad music and poetry in there, for [...]